keybd_event bug?

When i try to send two letters using keybd_event:

Code:

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keybd_event('m', 0, 0, 0);
keybd_event('m', 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);

keybd_event('n', 0, 0, 0);
keybd_event('n', 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);

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i get:

Instead of m, '-'
Instead of n, '.'

It send capital letters and numbers fine, but lower-case letters, and symbols dont work at all.

Here is the list of Virtual-Key Codes.
Notice that the alpha keyboard keys coorespond to uppercase ascii codes. So 'A' is the A keyboard key, which can be "a" or "A" depending on the state of the shift keys and caps lock key.

Look at the example for keybd_event() to see how to get keyboard state information.

gg

so in other words send your kb_events to do this:
1. Depress Shift key
2. Depress A key
3. Release A key
4. Release Shift key

What about for commas, exclamations, etc?

I tried depressing "," and releasing it but i didnt get the comma

Did you completely ignore Codeplug's post?

No i went to the links Codeplug provided, and the in the list of VK codes, the only "," I could see was one for Windows 2000/XP.

Quote:

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VK_OEM_COMMA (BC)
Windows 2000/XP: For any country/region, the ',' key

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To me, that only implies that you're garenteed to ge a comma character regarless of the country/region, if its Win2k/XP. Doesn't say anything about it's lack of availability.

I would try it out.
Otherwise, you can use VkKeyScan() to get the correct virtual keycode and keyboard state for a character.

gg